Wrong bitcoin addresses

[geek-at]

Hello I tried your script and I'm not sure if it works properly.

When I generate private keys it has a 1/3 chance to produce false addresses.

Even when I put your example private key into the calculator over at Offlinebitcoins.com it results in a different address (14zggAyXXCpjQA4mNLU7cbLs294RbpNM3D as oppose of your key from the README file: 1KzWzshpyzS4Udmr2RLLTaiMNtPTKTRewh)

Also if I import the private key into a wallet I also get the 14zggAyXXCpjQA4mNLU7cbLs294RbpNM3D address.

Am I missing something here?

[bomboem]

As far as I know, A bitcoin private key has a core public key, a "short" public key (the one most wallets use, i don't remeber the name, sorry) and A compressed key. Its could be this software returns the compressed key, and that's not the same. Not sure though. You could check it by transferring a small amount of btc to the wallet and check if ypu can reach it using the private key. And if not, you can still use any other php script to create the paired public key.

[vv01f]

@bomboem to check key to address you will just try signature and verification or other software to generate the pubkey from privkey – no risking of btc needed